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POLS 110 1st Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture I. Interest groups and political action committeesII. Interest groups III. Types of interest groupsOutline of Current Lecture I. Direct strategies to advance interestsII. Why give money?III. Indirect strategies to advance interests IV. Ch. 10 The Media Current LectureI. Direct strategies to advance interestsa. Lobbying, issue networks, and iron triangles b. Litigation by IGsc. Providing information and expert testimonyd. Campaign contributionse. This strategy works best for groups with lots of money and resourcesf. Amicus Curaie- “friend of the court”i. Supreme court justices use/reference these when they explain why they made their decisions g. Lobbyists never lie; it’s so hard to meet with Congressman X, if he catches you lying, your career is over. He’ll tell other congressmen you lie, etc. i. They tell their side of the story, their truth that supports their argumenth. Issue Networks: ex: farmer lobbyists meet with members of Congress that agree with themi. Can be dangerous, echo effect; they don’t hear their opinion isn’t popularoutside their bubble i. Direct lobbying generally works best for IGs that have moneyi. They can hire lawyers, lobbyists, contribute to campaigns, etc.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.II. Why give money?a. Money doesn’t change votes, it keeps votes!i. IGs don’t give money to a congressman who they can’t count on, wishy-washy.ii. It’d be dumb for a congressman to be wishy-washy, because they wouldn’t get contributions b. Evidence does not show connection between changing votes and contributionsc. Evidence indicates contributions made to keep people in office with track record i. Not a bribe, insurance!III. Indirect strategies to advance interestsa. Public outreachb. Electioneeringc. Astroturf lobbying:i. Gives the impression of mass public support that does not exist1. Used to manipulate politicians and to generate “buzz” in public opinionii. Bad for IG if they get caught doing itiii. Also, some politicians can’t distinguish between Astroturf lobbying and real mass public support; causes problems d. These strategies work best for groups with lots of membersi. If AARP told their members, “do X” so that so-and-so doesn’t vote a certain way, they the congressman gets 100,000 emails, the congressman realizes they have to vote a certain way to get re-elected in the futuree. But if turnout isn’t 1000s of people, it is an empty threat and congress people won’t take them seriously i. NRA did this in the 1990s, didn’t recover for over a decadef. More people are part of an IG (65-70%) than a member of a party (60%)IV. Ch. 10 The Mediaa. The hypodermic model- some scholars see media influence as direct, immediate, and effective i. This model argues that media messages are “injected” into the public andhave their intended effects. Propaganda exemplifies thisb. Minimal effects model- other scholars describe media effects as minimal, not existential, and/or relatively unimportant compared to other factorsc. We usually get the minimal effects model versus the hypodermic


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